With southern Michigan engulfed in another winter storm, the Great Lakes have crossed the halfway point in ice concentration. Combined, they are 54.36% covered in ice as of Thursday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's Great Lakes Coast Watch.

That's the highest ice concentration total on Feb. 8 of a Michigan winter since 2014, when the Great Lakes were 77.97% covered in ice. (You might recall that was the winter of the great "snowpocalypse," which the National Weather Service in Gaylord pointed out this morning). Later that year, in March, the Great Lakes nearly froze over, reaching a staggering 92.19% ice coverage.